CSCE 815: Network Systems Security
Spring 2003
General Information
DESCRIPTION:
Analysis of security threats in TCP/IP networks. Design of safeguards. Coverage of security threats at each of the OSI layers. Application of cryptographic protocols for secure communication across a network.
Prerequisites:
CSCE 516, or CSCE 515
Instructor
Main text
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"Crytpography and Network Security,"
Third Edition by William Stallings,
Prentice-Hall 2003.
Time and Location
TTH 6:15- 7:30, SWGN 2A27, MATTHEWS M
Schedule
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Week 1:Overview of Security Attacks and Services. Review of classical cryptography: Classical
symmetric ciphers: rotations, substitutions, permutations and products. Statistical
cryptanalysis. Key distribution.
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Week 2: Symmetric Encryption fundamentals. DES, Cipher block modes of operation. Advanced
Encryption Standard (AES), the Rijndael algorithm.
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Week 3: Public-Key Cryptography. Message authentication algorithms, digital signatures,
authentication protocols. SHA and HMAC. RSA, Diffie-Hellman key exchange
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Week 4: Network Security Applications: Authentication applications, Kerberos.
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Week 5: Email security. Pretty good privacy (PGP) algorithm, S/MIME.
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Week 6: IP Security. IP Security architecture.
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Week 7: Web Security. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and transport layer security. Secure
transactions.
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Week 8: Network Management security. SNMP protocol. SNMPv3 enhancements.
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Week 9: Intrusion detection and prevention. Password management.
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Weeks 10-11: HoneyNet project. Intrusion detection systems, management tools - Nessus.
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Week 12: Malicious Software. Viruses and worms.
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Weeks 13-14: Firewalls. Characteristics and types of firewalls. Trusted systems, data access control.
Important Dates
| Date |
Significance |
| February 18 | Test 1 |
| Monday,February 24, 2003
| Last day to withdrawal without WF |
| March 9-16, Sunday-Sunday | Spring break-no classes |
| April 10 | Test 2 |
| Friday, May 2 - 2:00 p.m. | Final Exam |
Link to the Exam Schedule for Spring 2003
Policies
Homework:
The homework is due before the start of class.
No late homework or projects will be accepted.
If you cannot make it to class due to other commitments,
you can hand in your homework the day before it is due.
Grading policy:
The final grade will be based on two midterms, assignments
and the final exam, according to the following weights:
- Homework and Assignments: 20%
- Two Tests: 25% each
- Final: 30%
Academic Integrity
The homework and programs
you submit for this class must be entirely your own.
If this policy is not absolutely clear, then please contact me.
Any other collaboration of any type on any assignment is not permitted.
It is also your responsibility to protect your work
from unauthorized access.
You are reminded that you are expected to know and follow the academic
code of responsibility that appears in
at
Carolina Community: Student
Handbook & Policy Guide,
(Link to actual section)
In particular all work submitted
for this course must be your own. Violations of this code can result in
actions varying from a failing grade to expulsion from the university.
Solutions to midterms will be distributed when the exams are returned,
usually within one week of the exam.
Questions about grading of midterms and labs must be presented
to the instructor within one week after the tests or lab reports have been
returned.
URL:
http://www.cse.sc.edu/~matthews/Courses/815/index.html
